The bodies of 21 German soldiers entombed in a perfectly preserved World War One shelterhave been discovered 94 years after they were killed.The
men were part of a larger group of 34 who were buried alive when a huge
Allied shell exploded above the tunnel in 1918, causing it to cave in.Thirteen
bodies were recovered from the underground shelter, but the remaining
men had to be left under a mountain of mud as it was too dangerous to
retrieve them.Nearly a
century later, French archaeologists stumbled upon the mass grave on the
former Western Front in eastern France during excavation work for a
road building project.

Mass grave: The bodies of 21 German soldiers
entombed in a perfectly preserved First World War shelter have been
discovered in France 94 years after they were killed

Amazing condition: The soldiers were buried
alive in mud inside the underground shelter (left) which contained items
including beds, a bottle and a helmet (right)